Last night was the first time in a month when I had a full night of sleep. Now I’ve been waking up at 8AM instead of going to bed at 2 PM. Don’t have a lot of people to share with but I’m not sure how to describe how I feel. It’s like the absence of a headache I didn’t know I had. My body feels much lighter and energetic. Hopefully I’ll get back to cooking for myself this week!
I really don’t want to harsh your buzz because I’m really glad all of that happened to you, but antidepressants typically take 2, 4, even 8 weeks to work. Within a week is very unlikely. The reason I’m saying this is that there also could be serious side effects within that timeframe and, even if you’re feeling better now, you need to be hyperaware of them because they include things like suicidal thoughts. Antidepressants can sometimes do the opposite of what is intended. The brain is complicated and it often takes more than one trial before you find the one that works for you. I went through at least 4 different antidepressants until I found one that worked- although I’m type II bipolar, making it more complicated, but my wife, who is not, had the same issues.
Like I said, I’m really happy for you that you got sleep and feel more energetic, but please, please, please pay attention to what your body and mind are telling you more than usual over the next couple of months.
Thank you for your advice, and I appreciate it. In light of your words, it could also be because of the sleep aid I took enabled me to actually sleep peacefully for the first time in about a month. I’ve had it thrice but I’m planning on cutting that one out starting today. Staying cautiously optimistic for the future!
I’ll chime in, because I’m about 3 months on and remember exactly what you’re experiencing. While Squid is probably correct about the meds not working just yet (and the great advice about making sure you check in with yourself), I now believe what I experienced on day one was happiness that I was finally taking care of myself.
I’m doing so much better now, and with CBT and the meds I feel like I’m finally enjoying my life for the first time in years. So enjoy your sleep, you’ve earned it by taking a huge, important step.
Good luck!
Please edit, change “fist” to “first”, it really gave me the wrong idea about this post
“Everyone I took 5 Wellbutrins and I feel amaze-balls!”
But fr good to hear!
I took Mirtazapine for a while last year, just the sleep and appetite helped a lot. I’ve considered asking about something else, since my mood and anxiety isn’t great, but I don’t know.
I’ve been on them for about 10 years now , they’ve made a big difference to my life , I don’t think I’d be here now if I wasn’t
I had a terrible time on antidepressants, but that’s because I’m bipolar type 2 and they don’t work on us. Instead I got a mood stabilizer and naltrexone for the anxiety disorder, and I’m like a new person. Naltrexone is actually incredible, it’s usually used for alcohol abuse but it worked super well for my anxiety and I’m so different now.
Anyway not to make this about me, just sharing your feelings that it feels great to improve so much. I’m glad for you OP.
I hope this is the beginning of a wonderful new chapter in your life!
Hey, I’m so glad it’s helping!
Finding the right med for me was 100% a game changer. My brain would race for hours at night time, but now I can sleep throughout the night, and if my dog wakes me up to go potty, I can fall right back asleep afterwards. Words can’t express how that changed my life.
An even bigger change for me was brain fog. I’d lived my whole life with it constantly. That’s gone now, and I was able to go back to school and earn my AS because of it. Turns out I wasn’t lazy or dumb, just exhausted and constantly foggy.
I wonder a lot about how we’ll view how we treat people who struggle to do well in school as lazy in the future. The fact that I was so easily labeled as such by teachers in my childhood and sometimes treated cruelly because of it is pretty wild, considering what I know now.
I was having a few drinks last weekend and you know that slight buzz you get when you’re only a few drinks in? I thought how fucking good would it be to feel like that all the time… Is that kind of what this shit does??
